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CSS / USS General Sumter
Battle of Fort Pillow showing the CSS Fleet
Battle of Fort Pillow showing the CSS Fleet
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Launched: 1853
In Service: Early 1861
Captured: 6 June 1862
Ran Aground: 14-15 August 1862
Stripped and Burned
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Characteristics
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Displacement: 525 tons
Length: 182 ft.
Beam: 28 ft.
Depth: 10 ft. 8 in.
Propulsion: Steam Engine, Sidewheel
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Armament
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2 x 32-pounder guns
4 x 32-pounder guns
1 x 12-pounder gun
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Battles
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River Defense Fleet
Fort Pillow
Plum Point Bend
First Battle of Memphis
USS Queen of the West
Ran ashore on Arkansas River
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